as in to misconduct
to manage badly
the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy
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Recent Examples of mismanage
The place, mismanaged by Amtrak for more than a half century and divided into balkanized fiefdoms, is an embarrassment to America’s premier city.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Authoritarian regimes have a habit of mismanaging internal dissent, falsifying reality and making preventable mistakes.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research NO: This is a prime example of government mismanaging economic movement.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
What To Know In an interview with ABC7, Goldberg accused school districts of mismanaging funds, allowing administrator salaries to balloon and not pulling funds from reserves.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Authoritarian regimes have a habit of mismanaging internal dissent, falsifying reality and making preventable mistakes.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research NO: This is a prime example of government mismanaging economic movement.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
What To Know In an interview with ABC7, Goldberg accused school districts of mismanaging funds, allowing administrator salaries to balloon and not pulling funds from reserves.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismanage
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But opponents contend that industrial animal agriculture actually jeopardizes food security, by damaging local ecosystems, undermining traditional agricultural practices, and intensifying climate harms.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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According to a spokesperson for the National Police Association, there are too many people violating home detention in Maryland who are committing crimes while wearing their ankle monitors.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
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Police can issue citations to self-driving vehicles' registered owners under a variety of circumstances, including if the car violates a traffic law resulting in a collision.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
11 July 2025
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Since then, his administration has badly mishandled diplomatic efforts to bring about a cease-fire.—
Charles Kupchan,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2025
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Long will take over an IRS undergoing widespread change, including layoffs and voluntary retirements of tens of thousands of workers and accusations that then-Trump adviser Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency mishandled sensitive taxpayer data.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 June 2025
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In other words, don’t count on class actions to rein in Administrations bent on abusing the law.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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There’s a deep history of the citizens getting abused by the police and corrupt government, but also of the people protesting against that.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismanage. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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